from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
The highlights from the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021 draft: Having a kid from Detroit tee up the first pick, making the best of the first pick after the top-rated centers were off the board and, finally, adding a potential franchise goaltender to the farm system.
Whether any of the eight prospects the Wings selected over the weekend will have an impact on the rebuild won’t be known for years. However, in the immediate aftermath of the draft, general manager Steve Yzerman and his hockey operations staff deserve an A for how they used the picks.